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Annual Report 2013 - 14

A Voluntary Organisa�on Working for Hearing Impaired Since-1996

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Annual Report 13 -14 Page - 03

1. Director’s Report . . . . . . . 04 - 05

2. About Ashray Akruti . . . . . . . 06 04

3. Special Education -Activities and Achievements . . . . . . . 07 - 09

4. Residential Facility . . . . . . . 10

5. Multimedia and Computer Animation . . . . . . . 10

6. Celebrations . . . . . . . 12 - 13

7. International Ear Care Day . . . . . . . 14

8. Exposure Visits/Staff Development/Internships . . . . . . . 15

9. Volunteering . . . . . . . 16

10. Volunteer/Donor/Parent Speak . . . . . . . 17

11. Credibility & Transparency . . . . . . . 18

12. Financials . . . . . . . 19

13. Our Supporters/Associations . . . . . . . 20 - 21

14. Make a Difference . . . . . . . 22

Index

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It has been a great time of reflection and celebration

for Ashray Akruti. 302 hearing impaired children

received education; 25 hearing impaired youth

trained in Multimedia; 13 youth employed in well-

known graphic and animation industry ; 9 hearing

impaired children passed tenth grade examination

and many more.

Behind each number is a story of a life transformed

and hope restored. All this was made possible

through the continuous support from all donors,

volunteers and dedicated staff. Thank you for your

unceasing support.

It gives me immense satisfaction to note that our

students are employed at private companies as well their quality of work being highly

appreciated. Many thanks to these companies who have a created a congenial atmosphere at

the work place to suit the needs of people with disabilities.

However, we still have far to go. We will continue our services to reach out to those who need our

services. Special education, medical attention and building employable skills for the hearing

impaired are our prime priorities.

People with disability are among the poorest of the poor. Poverty and disability are interrelated.

Poor people are more likely to have a disability because of the conditions in which they live,

limited opportunities and discrimination.

It is time we started educating and building the skills of people with disabilities on a war footing

so that they lead an independent life with dignity to participate in daily life—attend school, go

to work, raise a family, access services and institutions— like all other citizens. They look

forward to a full integration in society where people with disabilities are socially accepted

citizens who can contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.

People with disabilities deserve quality of life through increased knowledge. We need to focus

on higher and technical education which will mold them for the modern day job market.

The provision of three per cent reservation for people with disabilities in the government sector

needs to be strictly adhered to and we hope the corporates too would come forward to recruit

and provide a suitable environment for them to work.

Another area I want to highlight is the early intervention and cochlear implant for the hearing

impaired children. It is essential that proper facilities for hearing screening is available at public

hospitals to detect hearing loss at an early stage. Thereafter the children can be referred for

Cochlear implant surgery. These services in turn make an immense impact in the life of a child

with hearing impairment as well as the family.

Director's Report:

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We also need to focus on the hearing and ear care among the school going children in the community. A

small medical camp for ear related issues of school going children organized on International Ear care

day threw up a lot of problems regarding ear and hearing care among children in the poorer sections of

the society. We would like to promote healthy ear care habits among the children while addressing the

possible reasons leading to hearing loss.

Building on our experience of working with hearing impaired children and youth as well our

engagement with parents and donors, we would like to explore new avenues. With your support, we

envisage to look at new areas in Ear health and hearing ,employment to reach out to a large number of

people.

Continued support from some of the corporates and new support received from PSUs is instilling great

hope in us to take forward our mission of working for the wellbeing of people with disabilities.

Once again, I take this opportunity to thank all our donors, parents, teachers, staff and the volunteers

who have joined hands with us to take the organization forward to help children and youth with hearing

impairment.

D.P.K BABU

Director

Director's Report:


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Empowering Hearing Impaired children to use their innate capacities

to reach their optimum level of independent personal and

professional life – thus transforming a large group of people

depending on life-long support from the State into a group of healthy

positive contributors to the economy.

· Special education: Special Education to the hearing impaired children with the regular

state syllabus.

· Speech therapy: One-on-One training to help children to speak, rather than use sign

language from the onset.

· Auditory training: Regular intensive training to each child by Special Educators to capitalize

on residual hearing powers.

· Early intervention: The training for the children from the age of 18 months through

providing Auditory Training and Speech Therapy.

· Low teacher student ratio: Low teacher student ratio to enable each student to get the

individual attention they deserve.

· Use of hearing aids: Encourage the children to use hearing aids and train them to speak.

· Participation of mothers: Engage the mothers of the students in the classrooms for effective

development of the child and to promote further learning at home

To create a congenial environment and comprehensive teaching

program for the Hearing Impaired and underprivileged children

which help them progress into becoming independent, self-reliant

and contributing citizens of the country.

Vision

Unique Teaching Methodology

Mission

About Ashray Akruti


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· 302 hearing impaired children had access to education

· 9 hearing impaired children passed Tenth grade examination

· Residential Facility for 76 hearing impaired children

· Training in Multimedia and Computer Animation to 25 Hearing Impaired youth.

· 13 Hearing Impaired youth employed in Graphic and Animation Industry.

· Gold, Silver, Bronze awards to 6 of our students at the state level Karate Kungfu championships meet.

· 1000 children celebrated World Disability Day · Ear screening for 250 school children from government schools on International Ear Care Day

Ashray Akruti by the numbers

Education, A right and not a privilegeWe work to promote free, equal access and quality education for special children.

302 hearing impaired children received educationWe ensure quality education with low teacher student ratio enabling the child to receive individual attention which he or she deserves. While following the regular state syllabus, we provide hearing aids, offer auditory training and speech therapy and develop speech.

The children enjoy their learning at our centres. Our individualized lesson planning, dedicated special educators, audiologist and speech therapists are instrumental for the steady academic progress. Besides, the number of children enrolling in all three centres- Sri Nagar Colony, Yakatpura and Chandrayangutta has been incremental.

Ashray Akruti engages the mothers of students in classrooms for effective development of the child and to encourage further learning at home.


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Six of our students bagged two gold, silver and bronze medals at ththe 4 State level Kungfu Karate Championships held at

Hyderabad.

Extra curricular activities to build self esteem and overall growth

Computer Education

Ashray Akruti has a full-fledged computer lab facility with trained faculty. The students are taught computer fundamentals, MS-Paint, MS-Office and Internet.

Ashray Akruti immensely believes in the artistic potential in the

hearing impaired children. These children are augmented with

enhanced visual memory. Ashray Akruti has a full time drawing

faculty who trains the children along with volunteers to

enhance their innate talents.

Painting to express vision and dreams

Science Projects :

Our students at the Science Fair conducted by Qualcomm, explaining the various models of science projects to the visitors.

Besides education, we ecourage our students to partcipate in extra curricular actvities. They

include yoga, karate, swimming, chess and abacus. These activities have enormous

therapeutic value on the children.

Kungfu & Karate


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Ashray Akruti intensively coaches the students to appear for SSC Board examinations. The following students passed with excellent results.

Molded to perfection

The following students secured ranks at the ECET examination

I am lucky to be at Ashray Akruti School

Sahithi is from Ongole, Prakasham District in Andhra Pradesh. Both her parents are hearing impaired. Besides, she has a brother who too is hearing impaired. Her mother is a homemaker while the father works in a private company. The meager income he earns is barely enough to meet the daily needs of the family.

Sahithi was diagnosed as hearing impaired at an early age. Lack of access to medical facilities and school for children with hearing loss made her life miserable. Her parents were helpless of her situation. Sahithi's parents heard about Ashray Akruti much later

and enrolled her in the school in 2011 along with her brother. She stays in the residential home run by Ashray Akruti.

At Ashray Akruti, she received education at an accelerated pace. Besides academics she received auditory training and speech therapy as well. With the fast track class training, Sahithi showed outstanding progress and was promoted to grade 6. She is now in grade 7. She is very active and loves to play games. She likes drawing and is very creative. She participated in the mime show for World disability day Event 2013 and won accolades.

Her parents are very happy with her progress and hope for a bright future for their daughter.

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A dedicated team of wardens, housemothers, cooks and ayahs work to ensure love, care and protection is given to all the students in the hostel.

We ensure the children get healthy and nutritious food and housemothers to care for every 15 students. We have a dedicated school bus to take the children to the school and back, ensuring punctuality and safety.

We have regular study hours scheduled along with yoga classes in the morning. Additionally, we conduct drawing and painting classes on Sundays and holidays. We also encourage volunteers to teach the children art, craft and games.

25 hearing impaired youth were trained in Multimedia and Computer Animation. They had neither skills nor knowledge about computers, when they joined our centre. But with the training, they have now acquired employable skills. A new chapter begins, with renewed hope and inspiration as they look forward to a successful career ahead.

The course, which ran from November 2013 to May 2014, provided an integrated course in different software products that are in demand. The training components included Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects. Besides, we provided training in basic English, communication skills and personal grooming. Additionally, the students had exposure visits to Animation companies like Green Gold Animation and Dreams Pvt Ltd to get a picture of the corporate sector.

11 out of the 13 students were placed with - Dreams Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad which is primarily into children's entertainment. Its clients are channels such as Cartoon Network, Boy-mongoose etc. Two other students have been hired by Ashray Akruti as instructors of multimedia for the next batches to come.

The third batch of 13 students is underway.

Residential Facility

76 Hearing Impaired Students were provided residential facility

Multimedia and Computer Animation Training11 Hearing Impaired youths work at Dreams Pvt Ltd


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Laila, hails from a very modest family. Laila and her husband are deaf. They have a

son who too is deaf and studies in the pre-primary section at Ashray Akruti School.

thLaila is profound hearing impaired and has studied up to 10 standard. She was

motivated to join Ashray Akruti Multimedia and Computer Centre as she was

escorting her son to school regularly.

Today, Laila works as an instructor at Ashray Akruti Multimedia Centre. The

training in Multimedia and Computer Animation has made a huge difference in

her life. Post training she was hired by Ashray Akruti to train the next batches. Laila is now an

independent working woman, contributing to the family income and dreams of her son doing well in his

life.

UmakanthVerma hails from Jharkhand. With the help of a friend, he joined Ashray Akruti's Multimedia Computer Training.

When Umakanth Verma walked into Ashray Akruti's training centre, he knew very little about computers and software products. However, with passion and hardworking, within six months of training, emerged a confident Umakanth Verma. He now works at Dreams Animation Private Limited, Hyderabad and is an earning member of the family. Umakanth Verma aspires to enhance his knowledge in the chosen field to move up the ladder.

He lives in the residential facility of Ashray Akruti and goes to work. We expect him to move and start working at his home town soon.

Designing his future

Step by step, building her life


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Ashray Akruti celebrates various important days to bring awareness and importance of each day.

World Disability Day

A day that brought 1000 children from both mainstream and special schools together.rdWe celebrated World Disability Day on 3 Decemberat RNR Auditorium in Banjara Hills

emphasizing equality between children with and without disability.

Science Exhibition for Special Children and Art exhibition by hearing impaired children' caught the attention of everyone. Such activities encourage and introduce science to the hearing impaired children, giving them opportunity to showcase their talents. Paintings of our children stood out, receiving ample appreciation from the visitors.

Children from both mainstream and special schools participated in competitions such as quiz, painting, drawing and making greeting cards. The children from Delhi School of Excellence, Hellen Keller, Bal Vikas, Sweekar Upkar enthralled the audience with their dance performances.

The National Anthem in sign language by the students of Ashray Akruti and Star Global School impressed the guests and audience. And so was the mime show on 'use of mobile phones' performed by the children of Ashray Akruti.

The Chief Guest for the morning ceremony was Sri. Mahesh Bhagwat (IGP-Security Intelligence).The other guests of honour included: Dr.K.Venkatesh (Director, Academics, Medical Education, and Hyderabad), Mrs.Jayashree (Principal, Claps International School) and Dr.Bhavani.

The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony was Ms. Rekha Rani(Additional Joint Collector) and the guests of honor were:Mr.D.Sudarshan (Assistant Director, Disabled Welfare, Hyderabad District), Dr.B.SubbaRayudu (Project Officer, Rajiv Vidya Mission, Hyderabad), Mr.Atmakuri Ramam (Vice President, Cognizant), Mr. B.Anil Kumar (Chief Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Secunderabad Divisional Office, Indian Oil) Mr. Kamal Narang (Senior Director, Cognizant).

Celebrations


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Independence Day was celebrated at all the three branches of Ashray Akruti.At Sri Nagar

colony branch the National Flag was hoisted by

Mr.Sanjay Balihar, Centre in charge UPS Jetair

Express Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad.Mr.Rajkumar,

Director SEW Infrastructure was the guest of

honour. Fancy dress by the tiny tots, dance

performance and karate performance by the

hearing impaired students was applauded by the

guests.

Republic Day :

Republic day was celebrated with great enthusiasm at Ashray Akruti premises. The national flag was hoisted followed by cultural program in which most of the students participated.Mr. Shashi Reddy Vice President, Engineering Qualcomm was the chief guest on the occasion.

Independence Day

Watermelon Festival : A Unique Festival of Ashray Akruti

Water melon festival was celebrated in the month of April. This is a unique festival celebrated at Ashray Akruti wherein the children enjoy water melon to their hearts content on a hot summer day.


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International Ear Care Dayrd3 March is observed as International Ear Care Day across the world. Hearing loss is the most

prevalent sensory disability and a problem that is increasing globally. New estimates from the WHO say that more than 360 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss.

Ashray Akruti in association with Gandhi Public Hospital, organized an Ear health camp on International Ear Care day, at its premises to raise awareness and promote community-based activities for ear and hearing health.The program reached out to 250 children from four government schools.

This pilot project helped us to understand the magnitude of the problems and the measures which can help in protecting the ear and hearing among a vast majority of school going children from underprivileged backgrounds.

Children’s Day Celebrations

On the occasion of children’s day, 20

students along with their teachers

had the privilege to meet the

Governor of Telangana, Hon’ble E S L

N a r a s i m h a n a t R a j B h a v a n .

Governor greeted the students and

staff on this occasion.


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Exposure Visits by Delegates and Professionals

42 international participants who were attending a workshop on Public Health Planning for the Hearing Impaired visited Ashray Akruti as part of the workshop.

55 B.Ed and D.Ed special education trainees from National Institute of Hearing Handicapped as part of course design.

13 students from Helen Keller Rehabilitation Institute as part of the academic curriculum.

Staff Development-A continuous process at Ashray Akruti

Ms.Anantha, our special educator spent two days at Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad to enhance her knowledge on Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment.

Ms. Sheeba Rani attended a short course on MS office conducted by Nasscom Foundation which helped improve her computer skills.

15 of our teachers attended a workshop on Digital Literacy at Microsoft office, Gachibowli to pick tips on Windows 8.

Ms.J.Aruna and Ms. Niraja, our special educators attended a workshop on “The Development of reading and writing skills in children with hearing impairment” at National Institute of Hearing Handicapped.

Mr.D P K Babu, Director Ashray Akruti, Mr.Harikrishna Reddy and Mr.Kishore attended a two day workshop “Diffusion” conducted by Net Impact Club at Indian School of Business.The sessions

covered topics relevant to best management practices in an NGO.

Internships

Ms.Divya Jain, Mr.G.Vijaykrishna, Mr.Govindan J.M., Ms.R.Saroja, Ms.Haripriya Dogga,

Ms.V. Sriharsha from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communications,Bengaluru interned st thwith Ashray Akruti from 21 November -29 October.

Mr.Vijaychander Dosapati and Pratheek Muriki from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management st th

Studies interned with Ashray Akruti from 21 October to 29 November.


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HCL employees conducted activities like coloring, craft work and covered the students note book.

Volunteering at Ashray Akruti _ Priceless Services

Ashray Akruti encourages volunteers to be part of its activities. We have had individuals from various walks of life coming forward to lend a helping hand to make a difference in the lives of the children. Thank you – all volunteers, for your support to the children.

Accenture employees engaged the students in art and craft work and gave away gift to the children.

Wipro volunteers taught Power point presentation and th

the use of MS office to 7 standard children. The younger children participated in clay activity,coloring and musical chair.

UPS volunteers cleaned the storeroom in the hostel and also conducted activities like quilling and craft work for the students.

Cognizant Employees actively volunteered for the World Disability Day event.


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“I thank Ashray Akruti for giving me the opportunity in 2013 to train the children in

Mime for World Disability Day celebrations. It was a proud moment for me to see

the children performing to perfection. Wishing you and your students the very

best.” Manikanta Kamatam , Cognizant

“I have been personally involved with the children of Ashray Akruti since very

many years in teaching crafts.Ashray Akruti provides not only education to

hearing impaired children but ample opportunities to excel in other

extracurricular activities. As a result, I have noticed an overall growth in these

children. Mr D P K.Babu's commitment, guidance and hard work is admirable and I

wish the best to Ashray Akruti in their future endeavors.” K.RatnaKumari, Craft Teacher (Volunteer).

Volunteer Speak

Donors Speak :'Ashray Akruti introduces educational interventions based on the need analysis

and applies them appropriately for overall development of children. More

importantly, they try really hard to provide free or at least subsidized education

and all other amenities including treatment, for the needy children. It is a real

honor to be associated with such a noble institution" - Ramam Atmakuri

“The motive of Ashray Akruti is to succeed, however long it may take. The noble work of Ashray Akruti, in breaking the walls of silence is very much appreciated. I wish team Ashray Akruti all the very best and assure of my support at all times.” -

C. DharaniNath, I.R.S. Asst. Commissioner of Income tax.

” My son can talk now and does well in studies. I am so happy that I enrolled my

son in Ashray Akruti School.” K. Yadamma –Mother of K.Shiva9 year old Shiva is a Student of Preprimary section.Shiva joined Ashray Akruti

School in the year 2013 and has been trained intensively by our special educators.

Shiva's mother works as a housemaid and father works as driver to support the

family.

Parent Speak

”I am very happy with the progress of Ganesh. After joining Ashray Akruti School, he is able to speak in words and there is good improvement in studies. I cannot believe myself – he has improved so much.”

D.Sreelatha – Mother of D.Ganesh6 year old Ganesh studies in the preprimary section. He was enrolled in the school in

2012.Ganesh's father works as a driver and his mother is a homemaker.


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Credibility Alliance Norms

Board of Directors

Staff remuneration [Gross yearly + benefits]

Reimbursement made to any Board Member: Nil

Total cost of international travel by Board Members/Staff/Volunteers on behalf of organization for 2013-2014: Nil

Total cost of national travel by Staff on behalf of organisation for 2013-2014: Rs.14, 939/-

Salary Level Distribution

Name Designa�on Remunera�on (Rs.)

A.Jayapaul Reddy President NIL

B.V.RamaSheshu Vice President NIL

D.P.K.Babu Gen.Secretary NIL

T.V.Ramesh Joint Secretary NIL

K.V.Subramanyam Treasure NIL

M.KoteswaraRao Execu�ve member NIL

SumanYela� Execu�ve member NIL

Head of the organiza�on: (including honorarium) Rs. NIL per year Highest paid full �me regular staff: Rs. 3,00,000 per yearLowest paid full �me regular staff: Rs. 36,000 per year

Slab of gross salary (in Rs) plus benefits paid to staff (per month)

Male Staff Female Staff Total Staff

Less than 5000

5000 - 10000

10000 - 25000

25000 - 50000

50000 - 100000

Greater than 100000

5

9

11

0

0

0

16

46

31

0

0

0

21

55

42

0

0

0


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Statement of Income and Expenditure for the year ended March 31, 2014 Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2014

Statement of Fund Flow for the Year Ended March 31, 2014


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· Aurobindo Pharma

· Accenture Services

· Bharathi Cements

· Capital IQ

· Cognizant Technology

· GAR Corporation Pvt Ltd

· Gemini Oils and Fats India Pvt Ltd

· Granules India Private Limited

· Hiindsight Technology Private Limited

· HSBC Global Technologies

· Indian Oil Corporation

· Invesco

· Microsoft

· Nanda Foods

· Oracle

. PEC Limited

. Qualcomm

. State Bank of India

. Symed Labs

. Value Labs

. Vasant Chemicals and

Vasant Foundation

. Vasudha Pharma Chem Limited

. Wipro Care

Corporate Supporters:

. Blue Star Foundation

. Butta Foundation

. Codelinks Employees Charitable

Society

. DFOS

. Give India Foundation

. Gowra Foundation

. HCL Foundation

. Hindu Society of Ottawa-Carlton

. Manav Seva Sangh

. MCKS food for the hungry Foundation

. MDRT Foundation

. NATA

. Pirojsha Godrej Foundation

. Rotary Club of Hyderabad

. Sai Annapurna Food Bank

. Sai Anugraha

. SEW Foundation

. United Care Development Services

. Utkarsh Foundation

. Vasudha Foundation

. Vidya Mitra Charitable TrustSociety

Foundations, Clubs and Trusts:

Our Sincere Thanks to


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Schools and Colleges:

MGM High School | NSV Innovative School | JNR Patshala | Eeman International School

Bharat Ratna School | Daffodills High School | GVR Talent School | Arohan The Complete

School | Jain Heritage A Cambridge School- Kondapur | Spectrum High School | Oakridge

International School | Claps International School | Star Global School |Gautham Vidya

Niketan High School | NRIS Indian Springs Kukatpally | SRDIGI School | Shishu Sadan High

School | Kennedy High School | MNR School of Excellence | Creekside International School |

Shiny Scholar School | Maples The Complete School | Sri Sai Ram High School | Spring Dales

High School | Neha Educational Concept School | Raghava Educational Academy | Arbor

International School | Sri VidyaBharathi School | SwetchaThe Complete School | Jain Public

School |Matrusri DAV Public School | CGR International School | Jain Heritage A Cambridge

School- Shamirpet | Bharat Techno School | Geetanjali IIT OlympiadSchool- Kukatpally |

Due Diligence byCharity Aid Foundation

Credibility Alliance

Give India

Give 2 Asia

Empanelled withNational CSR Hub, TISS

Associations:Indian Institute of Public Health

A.Y.J.N.I.H.H (SRC)

Gandhi Hospital

Our Sincere Thanks to


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You Can Make A Difference _ Volunteer with us

Here's how you could do:

· Teach computers to children and staff· Teach indoor games· Teach art , craft, dance and painting· Volunteer in fundraising activities· Teach photography· Organize a sports day · Organize painting exhibitions

Apart from the above there are other ways of volunteering.For details please call us on 9000111152 or email us at [email protected] or Visit our website www.ashrayakruti.org.

Would you change the life of a child with hearing impairment?

Here's how you could support through sponsorship:

· Rs 300 for stationery for one student

· Rs 300 for a pair of uniform for one child

· Rs 500 for medicines for a hostel child

· Rs 1,500 being cost of a vegetarian meal

· Rs 5000 being cost of groceries for the hostel

· Rs 6,000 for a hearing impaired child to speak - receive Speech Therapy for one year

· Rs 6,000 for a hearing impaired child to listen - receive Auditory Training for one year

· Rs 10,500 for a hearing aid

· Rs 11,000 for a hearing impaired child to receive special education for one year

· Rs 24,000 for a hearing impaired child to receive special education and hostel facilities for one year.


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